Chapter Thirty-Six: Wang Xiong's Assassins

In the past few years, Ji Han fought against Xiqiang, Pingnanman, conquered Mobei, Dingliao, Tongxi, and Dongwu, pacified Siyi, prospered, and controlled the land of Si, Yong, Liang, Yi, and You. Eight years after entering the Ji Han Dynasty, only the three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Wu were left in the world. The Han-Wu alliance was loosened due to the emperor of Wu lord Sun Quan and the further strengthening of Ji Han, and Cao Wei took advantage of the situation to enter and prepare to make an alliance with Eastern Wu, but Eastern Wu considered the relationship with Ji Han and did not agree to him. However, a very delicate situation has emerged among the three countries. There is cooperation with each other, and prevention, mutual restraint, each looking for its own opportunities.

For Ji Han, because the attack was too fast, it was necessary to digest the current several states and counties, Sizhou and Merge Prefecture had to be well managed, and although the troops won consecutive victories, it would take time to recuperate, transfer grain and grass, and replenish ordnance. Therefore, Ji Han only maintained a small-scale offensive against Cao Wei in Youzhou and Bingzhou, and did not send troops to attack in a large and standardized manner. In Youzhou, it was Li Yu Guan Feng who fought with Youzhou Thorn Shi Wang Xiong.

Wang Xiong is over 40 years old this year, and his skills are naturally far inferior to Tian Yu, who was originally in charge of the military in Youzhou. Originally, he took Tian Yu away through various means, planning to do something big, who knew that first Sima Yi, the backer, fell, and then Mobei was all collected by Ji Han, since this year, since last winter, the chaos in Liaodong has made Ji Han completely empty of Liaodong, so that Wang Tingshi has fallen into the siege of the Mobei coalition army. Wang Xiong sent the emergency documents to Yecheng three times a day, and tried every means to relieve the siege. In Wang Xiong's opinion, the strongest enemy army is Li Pleiades' iron cavalry, and Li Pleiades' iron cavalry is commanded by Li Pleiades, as long as Li Pleiades is cleaned up, the crisis in Youzhou will be solved. So, he thought of a good way to deal with the enemy. That's the assassination.

In this era, assassination is not uncommon, and most of the overlords of this era have encountered assassins, such as Cao Cao's assassination of Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu's assassination of Dong Zhuo, Xu Ta's assassination of Cao Cao, and the nameless assassin's assassination of Liu Bei. Xu's three doors, stabbing Jiangdong Xiaobawang Sun Ce and so on. In fact, in history, it was this Wang Xiong who sent assassins to assassinate Kebineng, which caused the desert to fall into chaos.

However, at present, this assassination has encountered difficulties, although Wang Xiong vigorously recruited assassins, there are not many who are willing to agree, and those who come to apply are not very high in terms of skills, at least in Wang Xiong's opinion. Their skills are not standard enough - they can't even break through the hundred-man team, and they can't cut through the five-reborn cowhide with one sword, so it is difficult for them to meet Wang Xiong's requirements.

When Wang Xiong was worried, he came down to report that there was a down-and-out swordsman playing a sword and singing outside the door. Someone expelled him, and he pierced the stone lion in front of the door with a sword. Wang Xiong was overjoyed, if this person was included in the account, why worry about besieging the city. At that moment he ordered the man to be brought in. Asked for a name, the man said, "Why do swordsmen need names?" "The attitude seems very arrogant. But Wang Xiong felt that a swordsman should be like this, and asked about his skills. With a wave of his hand, the man stabbed one of Wang Xiong's guards to death. Wang Xiong was stunned for a moment, but instead applauded: "Mr. Excalibur." Now we drink together every day, and after ten days, the swordsman said, "I have drunk enough of my lord's wine." I don't know what the adults tell the villains to do? Wang Xiong shook his head and said, "When we have drunk enough, we can listen to the music." After ten days, the swordsman said, "I don't know what the adults call the villains to do?" Wang Xiong also sent jewels, gold and silver. The swordsman shook his head: "The yellow and white thing has nothing to do with the villain, the villain is so down, he has the love of the adult, and there is no way to repay it." Only this one is still sharp. I would like to relieve the worries of adults. ”

Wang Xiong then said: "I want to ask Mr. to kill someone for me." ”

The man asked, "Who?" ”

Wang Xiong said: "Li Yu." ”

The man thrust his sword behind his back, turned and left: "Ten days later." If the Ji Han army is in turmoil, please assassinate Shi and send troops. ”

Wang Xiong looked at the back of this person and shouted: "Yan Zhao has been a generous and sad person since ancient times, and if Mr. goes here, he will not let Jing Qingzhi enter Qin Zhuan Mei in front." ”

The man didn't look back, and responded in a loud voice: "I am Nie Zheng, not Jing Qing." ”

Wang Xiong then thought that his analogy was inappropriate, Jing Ke entered Qin to assassinate Win Zheng, but the result was not successful, and Nie Zheng, who was also an assassin, was much more clever, he was Yan Zhongzi's kindness, and he entered Yang Zhai, the capital of South Korea, alone with a sword, and with the momentum of the white rainbow through the sun, he assassinated Xiang Guoxia tired of the steps, and then killed dozens of guards. Because he was afraid of affecting his sister Ying, who was similar to his appearance, he calmly broke his face with a sword and committed suicide, which can be called the top master among assassins. He looked at the back of the assassin and raised his forehead with his hand: "This master is also." ”

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The soldier entered the account: "General, there is a person outside the camp, who claims to be the general's deceased, and has come to visit." ”

Li Yu put down the book in his hand: "Old man, who did he say he was?" ”

"The man didn't say anything, he was dressed in shabby, he had no strengths, he was in his twenties, and he carried a sword on his back."

Li Yu nodded: "Let him in." ”

After a short time, a ragged swordsman with a long sword on his back walked in and bowed his hand to Li Yu: "Hello general, I am under the order of Wang Xiong, the assassin of Youzhou in the Great Wei Kingdom, and I have come to assassinate you." ”

Li Yu was stunned for a moment and laughed: "You are too good at joking, you are a guest when you come, sit." Then with a wave of his hand, the soldier stepped back.

The ragged swordsman watched the soldiers leave, and slowly pulled out the sword from his back: "This sword is called Qiushui, since it was cast, after seventy-two battles, sixty-nine wins, two losses and one draw, today I will test the general's head, what is the general's intention?" ”

Li Yu nodded and said, "Very good." ”

The ragged swordsman waved his sword, and a flash of lightning flashed in the tent, and then it fell, and there was a cold wind in the tent, and the autumn mood was bleak, and the sword light was continuous, like continuous autumn water, and the sword was bright and pure, but it implied a thousand layers of murderous aura.

Li Yu's eyes narrowed into a slit, and two cold stars shot out from them.

"Han Long!" The ragged swordsman called Li Pleiades' pseudonym, "Take the sword!" ”

The sword light was surging like a snow wave, and a wave was as fast as a wave, surging towards Li Yu.

Li Yu was poisoned in his right arm, although he was treated, he couldn't use his strength, and when he saw the sword at this time, he suddenly drew the sword with his left hand. When he went up, he only used a sword, this sword was like a poisonous snake, like a dragon, only a flash, but it went straight into the center of the thousands of autumns and water, the water shattered, and the waves and shadows flew. The boundless and continuous autumn water was cut off by this sword, and the veins were sorted out.

Two swords intersect!

"When--" Both swords flew out at the same time. Although Li Hao's moves are more ingenious and his skills are more superb, he has suffered a loss with his left hand after all.

The two of them were shocked and retreated at the same time, and the ragged swordsman stepped on the ground, flew up again, and was about to rush towards Li Yu, when he suddenly heard a loud "boom". The tent had been split, and a bright sword slashed through it, like a bright moon rising from the tent, and the knife seemed to fall very slowly, but in the blink of an eye, it slashed into the vest of the ragged swordsman. The swordsman was startled, and his body bent in mid-air like a fish, and he flipped out at an incredible angle. But the knife didn't pause for half a minute before it slashed into the air. It flew back from another angle, the air slicing through and making a terrible sound that slashed through the swordsman's neck. The ragged swordsman shrank his head sharply, narrowly avoiding it, but a strand of hair had already flown out.

The ragged swordsman shouted, "Li Yu, let him stop." ”

Li Yu smiled: "Aren't you going to be able to do it?" Stop, it's a misunderstanding. ”

The sword light stopped abruptly in front of the ragged swordsman. The man snorted and put the knife away. The ragged swordsman had time to take a breath and said, "Han Long, Han Long, I didn't expect that your arm was gone, but I still can't win the title of the number one assassin in the world, not only can you fight with me with your left arm, but also teach such an excellent disciple......" He tilted his head and froze for a moment. The man with the knife. She was a very beautiful woman!

Li Yu said: "Brother, let me introduce." This is Her Royal Highness Princess Ji Han's Anxiety Relief. ”

Guan Feng looked at Li Yu, then at the ragged swordsman, and frowned: "Isn't he an assassin?" ”

"It's not." Li Yu said with a smile.

"That's how reckless I was." Guan Feng put away the knife, threw a letter on Li Yu's case, turned around and left.

The ragged swordsman looked at Guan Feng's back: "I can't imagine that a woman has such a strong ability." ”

Li Yu smiled: "Okay, don't talk nonsense. What are you doing here? ”

The ragged swordsman said, "I came to assassinate you, I can't even think of it." ”

"Did you really assassinate me?"

"Seriously, Youzhou Assassin Shi Wang Xiong has found a lot of assassins and wants to assassinate you." Speaking of this, the ragged swordsman couldn't help but laugh, "It's ridiculous that the number one assassin in the world will be assassinated. ”

Li Yu smiled: "This is really a very interesting thing. My friend, with you, we're going to win. ”

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Wang Xiong was nervously watching the movements of the Ji Han army every day, and on the ninth day, Tanma suddenly came to report that the Han army suddenly retreated.

Wang Xiong couldn't help but pat his thigh: "That assassin is really good, he succeeded!" Send troops and prepare for the attack. He left his henchmen to defend the city, and then gathered a large army, suddenly attacked, without Li Yu's iron cavalry, the strength of the Han army dropped a lot, and when it comes to the total strength, they are not as many as Wang Xiongdi's generals, although Cao Weizhong's army reinforcements have not yet arrived, but the men and horses in Youzhou are in the hands of Wang Xiong, by no means less than Li Yu and others. What's more, because Li Yu was killed, the Han army was in a panic, and he didn't expect that he who was shrinking in the city and didn't dare to come out would lead the army out of nowhere.

Sure enough, under the attack of the Wei army, the spears were like a forest, the swords flashed, and the soldiers pointed everywhere, invincible. In addition to resisting for more than three hours on the first day and killing and wounding some of their own people, the Han army then engaged in battles every day, retreated every day, lost eight games in a row, abandoned Liangxiang, went to Guangyang, and retreated straight to Changping. Changping is located on the north side of Guangyang County, and the terrain gradually forms a gentle slope from northwest to southeast. The west and north are mountainous and semi-mountainous areas, and there are Juyongsai in the county, and the western mountainous areas are collectively referred to as Xishan, which belongs to the Taihang Mountains; The northern mountainous area is called Jundu Mountain, which belongs to the Yanshan Mountain Range. For Wang Xiong, if he could expel the Han army from Juyongsai, then his previous mistake of losing several counties could be atoned. Originally, he was still a little worried about whether Li Yu was really dead, and whether the Han army was really defeated under his hands, but the successive victories in these days made him dizzy, and he could be sure that everything was going well, otherwise he couldn't explain how these world victories came about.

"Take Changping, we will eat in Changping City!" Wang Xiong held the horsewhip and said to the large group of generals under him.

"Yes!" The generals replied loudly. Although I don't know why Ji Han suddenly switched from offense to defense, it is a fool not to take advantage of it, and even some of them are already looking forward to capturing Princess Ji Han. Of course, some people said: "That princess, you can do it if you want, don't give it to me, in northern Xinjiang, because how many people have died in her, Kebineng, Budugen, Sima Wang...... Forget it, I'd better be honest. ”

None of them thought that at this time, they had already entered the ambush circle set up by Ji Han. From this day on, Wang Xiong could no longer defeat Ji Hanjun even one step. Even if they used all their strength to repel them in the morning, the Han army would not have to take their lives to recapture their positions in the afternoon, and they fought back on the battlefield less than a few kilometers, leaving behind a large number of corpses. In this attrition, the fighting spirit and physical strength of both sides began to decline on a large scale. Wang Xiong was a little unsure: "Can I really take back Juyongsai?" "However, by the next day, watching the Wei army pushing the Han army back, he still couldn't help but beat the war drum himself." Even with another reserve of 5,000 men, I would be able to completely crush the Han army. However, Wang Xiong threw all his troops up, and he did not have any reserves.

The change took place in the early hours of January 27. There was a rare spring snow on this day. The spring snow made the tired two armies unable to fight any longer, and the sudden cold weather made the soldiers shiver in their tents. This snow caused great trouble for both sides. Wang Xiong was simply ecstatic, this kind of weather was simply fatal for a guest army like the Han army, and he believed that the Han army would retreat after the snow.

Li Hao was now hiding less than ten miles from the Wei army, and as he did best, the whole army was in ambush, ready to deliver a sudden and fatal blow to the enemy. This snow ruined his mood, if he braved the snow to attack the enemy, the chance of the cavalry being injured would be greatly increased, but if this opportunity was missed, once the enemy found out that this was a trap and shrunk, then Ji Han's meticulous efforts in the previous period would be in vain.

"What should I do?" Li Hao gritted his teeth and made up his mind. The difficulties that this snow added to themselves also made the enemy careless. Then the success may be even greater.